{"product_id":"the-pickwick-papers-9780812967272","title":"The Pickwick Papers","description":"Charles Dickens's satirical masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, catapulted the young writer into literary fame when it was first serialized in 1836-37. It recounts the rollicking adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club as they travel about England getting into all sorts of mischief. Laugh-out-loud funny and endlessly entertaining, the book also reveals Dickens's burgeoning interest in the parliamentary system, lawyers, the Poor Laws, and the ills of debtors' prisons. As G. K. Chesterton noted, \"Before [Dickens] wrote a single real story, he had a kind of vision . . . a map full of fantastic towns, thundering coaches, clamorous market-places, uproarious inns, strange and swaggering figures. That vision was Pickwick.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Russo\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as \u003ci\u003eMohawk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Risk Pool\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNobody's Fool\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStraight Man\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in coastal Maine with his wife and their two daughters.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523798044946,"sku":"9780812967272","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67736246-20cf-4a0a-8d47-e6cb37a5bbf0.jpg?v=1764072393","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-pickwick-papers-9780812967272","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}